Eiko Ishibashi pops up in some interesting places. Over the past year, she has soundtracked an Oscar contender, released a string of engrossing electroacoustic compositions on Bandcamp, and appeared on NHK¡¯s year-end music show, ¡°Kohaku Uta Gassen,¡± as part of pop star Gen Hoshino¡¯s band.
Until a few years ago, Ishibashi was routinely described as a singer-songwriter, but that tag no longer fits. She¡¯s a composer, improviser, multi-instrumentalist and session musician. And above all, she¡¯s an ardent cinephile.
¡°It¡¯s almost like I don¡¯t really like music,¡± she jokes, speaking via video chat from her home in Yamanashi Prefecture. ¡°I¡¯m just watching movies all the time.¡±
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